<%@ taglib uri="http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/core" prefix="c" %>
<%@ taglib uri="http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/core-rt" prefix="c-rt" %>
<html>
  <head>
    <title>Count to 10 Example(tracking even and odd)</title>
  </head>

  <body>
    <table border="0">
      <c:forEach var="i" begin="1" end="10" varStatus="status">
        <jsp:useBean id="status"
        type="javax.servlet.jsp.jstl.core.LoopTagStatus" />

        <c-rt:choose>
          <c-rt:when test="<%=status.getCount()%2==0%>">
            <c:set var="color" value="#eeeeee" />
          </c-rt:when>

          <c-rt:otherwise>
            <c:set var="color" value="#dddddd" />
          </c-rt:otherwise>
        </c-rt:choose>

        <tr>
          <td width="200" bgcolor="<c:out value="${color}"/>"> 
          <c:out value="${i}" />
          </td>
        </tr>
      </c:forEach>
    </table>
  </body>
</html>

